Tatting-thimble



UNITED VSTATES LAURA L. EAUMAN, or EUGENE, OREGON.

l TATTING-THIMELE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 18, 1918. Serial No. 267,331.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LAURA L. BAUMAN, ar citizen of the United States,residing at Eugene, in the county of Lane, State of Oregon, haveinvented a new and useful Tatting-Thimble; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention relates to thimbles and has for its object to provide ahook on a thimble, to be used whilev tatting, whereby threads may beconnected, loops or rings joined, by means of the hook carried by thethimble to draw the left hand thread through the picot of a precedingring or bight of the work.

A` further object of the invention is to provide a finger carried hookor pick for picking out the broken ends of the thread while tatting,thereby avoiding the constant picking up of a common pin, the head ofwhich is at present used and the consequent putting down of the tattingshuttle.

A further object is to provide a thimble for use while tatting, saidthimble being provided with a'hook on its side, the hooked end of saidhook extending slightly beyond the end of the thimble, also to soposition the hook that it will while on the finger extend inwardlytoward the palm of the users hand.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of Aparts as hereinafter shown in thedrawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in theprecise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of whatis claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

.Figure 1 is a perspective View of the thimble and hook upon one of thefingers of the user.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the same in position for use.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the thimble.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a modified form of thimble and hook,showing the same in position for use. Y

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form of the invention, showingthe hook located on the side of the thimble as in the other forms, butshowing the hooked end extending inwardly toward the palm of the hand.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a conventional form of thimblewhich may be of any size, preferably of the sizes as at present on themarket. Secured as at 2 to one side of the thimble by brazing, weldingor in any other suitable manner is the arm 3 of the hook or pick 4, saidarm projecting above the upper surface of the thimble. This hook or pickis adapted to unweave the stitching of the thread, after the thread hasbroken until enough of the thread is unwoven for the end of the same tobe tied to the other portion of the thread leading to the tattingneedle. The unweaving operation is accomplished by passing the hook 4between the weaving and catching up the broken end and pulling the sameout, this operation being continued until enough of the end is unwovenfor the same to be easily tied to the other broken end, which leads tothe tatting shuttle.

From the above it will be noted that by the use of the finger carriedhook, that the necessity of having a pin for picking out the broken endfrom the tatting is eliminated. It will also be obvious that where thepin is mounted upon a member carried by the iin er that it will not benecessary to, first lay t e tatting shuttle down and then hunt for thepin that is commonly used. On the contrary with the hook carried by thelinger at all times, it will not be necessary to put the tatting shuttledown at all as the same may remain in the hand and the hook will alwaysbe in a position where it can bel quickly, easily and advantageouslyused.

Referring to Fig. 4, the arm 3 of the hook 5 is bent at right angle tothe longitudinal axis ofthe thimble, said arm being bent as at 6. Inthis form some users find it easier to use the hook.

In Fig. 5 it will be seen that the hook la is turned inwardly toward thepalm of the hand. In this form the hook while in use is substantially inalinement with thefside edge of the fin er nail, the location of thehook and posi ion and direction of the hooked end is important, for thethimble finger is used considerably in handling the Patented oet. 12,1920.

tattingV shuttle and rwearing the. tatting thimble in this position itdoes not interfere with the tatting operation in the least.

The invention havinglbeen set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis z- Y A tatting hook comprising a body mem. ber adapted to engage thefinger, a hooked member carried by said body member and located on theside thereof whereby threads may be picked out ofwoven material during aweaving or tatting operation, said hooked member being so disposed'inrelation tothe Y J. M. C. F. BAUMAN.

